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20-year cap on expat residency proposed in Kuwait | GulfNews.com
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No foreigner in unskilled and semi-skilled occupations should be allowed to stay in Kuwait when he reaches the age of 50, a lawmaker has said.
However, those who have skilled jobs, such as doctors, advisers and university professors, should be able to stay until they are 70, MP Abdullah Al Tamimi said.
The suggestions are part of a draft law the lawmaker is presenting to parliament to address what he called demographic imbalances and the presence of a massive marginalised labour force in the country.

Kuwait residency cap for expats touches off maelstrom | GulfNews.com
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The proposal by a Kuwaiti lawmaker to reduce the number of expatriates in the country by more than 1.3 million in five years has touched off a maelstrom across the parliament.
MP Abdullah Al Tamimi on Wednesday triggered the heated debate when he said that the country’s demographic balance required imposing a five-year cap and asking 20 per cent of the foreigners to leave Kuwait every year.
“There is an urgent need to adjust the demographic balance in the country,” the lawmaker said.